Sebring International new owners for SX, Exalt, TMX and MXR rangePosted by Madabout News on Friday, July 31st, 2015 at 11:46 AM

The Sebring range of cars is now under the stewardship of new owner Phil Overall, a man with 30 years experience of designing and building touring cars. Customer service is high on the agenda for Phil as he aims to provide the best quality service possible tied with engineering excellence.

Kits a No ShowPosted by Madabout News on Sunday, February 9th, 2014 at 06:41 PM

2014 is proving to be the year where show organisers have had to pull the plug on several kit car shows as the economics was no longer stacking up.

Any kit car enthusiast would have seen for themselves the declining attendance of pretty much every show on the calendar over recent years, not just from manufacturers whoĺs stand space started to get bigger gaps between him and the next but the all important attendance of the general public and kit car drivers.

Vortex V2 on track and GT-EV goes electricPosted by Madabout News on Saturday, February 16th, 2013 at 07:57 PM

A company that quietly sits under the radar (but which has an active forum section in the Madabout-Kitcars forum) is Vortex Automotive, manufacturers of the Vortex GT, one of the prettiest original design kit cars to come out of the UK. To add to their line-up they have developed the V2, a modern alternative to the Lotus 7 style car, suitable for both road and track.

Marin are now offering the opportunity for another BMW donor vehicle to be used in their popular single donor kit, the Marlin Sportster. This has been achieved by completely re-designing a third of the rear end of the already successful 3 series BMW chassis. This allows for the simple fitting (four major bolts) of the entire BMW aluminium rear axle assembly used, in among others, the 5 series.

Tornado sports cars have been busy having secured a rear section moulding which emulates the Mk11 GT40 which finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd at Le Mans 1966. Tornado now offer this rear section with the additional air intakes and vents as a Mk11 kit or Mk 1 versions can be converted to a Mk11.

GD T70 just got practicalPosted by Madabout News on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 at 12:28 AM

Gardner Douglas have for 2012 introduced the T70 moda, featuring a modular all-weather roof system for their iconic GD T70. If the T70 wasn't beautiful enough, it just got practical too. Here is what GD have to say about their new model.